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Ordering and Computing with Negative Fractions and Decimals
Seventh graders explore the concept of computing negative fractions and decimals. In this negative fractions and decimals lesson, 7th graders compare ordering positive fractions to ordering negative fractions. Students use mirrors to see...
Curated OER
Observation of a Living Earthworm
Sixth graders examine earthworms and their parts. In this earthworm lesson students complete a lab worksheet on the earthworm and test its response to certain factors.
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Homonyms - Quiz 24
Students practice spelling homonyms. In this homonym instructional activity, students read the sentences and select the correct spelling to complete the homonym quiz.
Curated OER
Planetarium- Identifying Constellations
Young scholars explore the planetarium. In this space science instructional activity, students identify the different constellations in the sky. They make their own map of the constellations.
Curated OER
Breaking News English: Study Doubts Aromatherapy's Effects
In this English worksheet, students read "Study Doubts Aromatherapy's Effects," and then respond to 2 graphic organizers, 47 fill in the blanks, 7 short answers, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the...
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St. Patrick's Day Activity
In this St. Patrick's Day worksheet, students read a selection about the day, then complete a fill-in-the-blank vocabulary activity and list as many things as they can think of the are green.
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Different Types of Text
For this different types of text worksheet, students review, brainstorm and analyze what a persuasive text is and what an instructive text is. Students then answer what type of text ten examples are as shown.
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Washington's Birthday
For this word search worksheet, students find the answer to the 12 statements about George Washington by completing the word search puzzle.
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Oceans
For this oceans worksheet, student use clues from a song titled "Oceans," then locate and label the 5 oceans. An answer key is given but page doesn't included a song link.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Memoirs About Telling Lies That Hurt
Book reviews about Walter Dean Myers' Bad Boy and Madonna's Mr. Peabody's Apples are given on this site. The author suggests that using these books to help illustrate the concept that it better to tell the truth than to suffer the...
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Pinocchio's Arm: A Lie Detector Test
You might be surprised to learn that you have been practicing skills closely tied to lying if you have ever seen someone in pain, or mimicked your favorites sports athlete. In this science fair project, you will discover how your brain...
Grammar Tips
Grammar Tips: The Proper Use of "Lay" and "Lie"
Check this brief explanation of how to tell the difference between lay, a transitive verb, and lie an intransitive verb, and use them properly in English grammar.
Simon Fraser University
Chem1 Virtual Textbook: Significant Figures and Rounding Off
As part of a larger site called "Getting started in Chemistry," this site examines significant figures and claims to teach the user "how to avoid telling lies with numbers."
Curated OER
Eternal Egypt: Tell El Amarna
Tell El-Amarna was the new capital founded by King Akhenaten. It lies 45 kilometers or 28 miles to the south of Beni-Hassan. Remains of the old capital still exist.
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University
De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: The Boy Who Cried "Wolf!" [Pdf]
"The Boy Who Cried 'Wolf!'" is a one page, folktale about a boy who got bored while watching his sheep. He cried, "Wolf" and when the village people came to help him, he laughed. He repeated this a few days later, but then when he really...
LM Digital Media
Kids World Fun: Turtle Trouble [Pdf]
This ebook shares the story of a little boy who hid a turtle in his bathtub. When the turtle is discovered, the boy tells a lie about how the turtle landed there. Will the boy get to keep the turtle?
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: G Mg, G Gmd Global Positioning System Ii
Satellites communicate with a GPS device and establish the distance between them and their locations. The set of points at a fixed distance from a satellite form a sphere so when the GPS receives its distance from a given satellite, this...
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: "Was It Heaven? Or Hell?" by Mark Twain
Is it ever okay to tell a lie? This question is at the heart of the story about four devout Christian women who live together and hate lying only to end up lying to one of their own. Read the full text of the short story "Was it Heaven?...
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: It's a Kid's World: A Change of Mind
Explore the cognitive development of deception and devise a game or mock trial in which one determines who is lying and who is telling the truth. Research brain activity and make a working model of neural divergences using a set of...
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Mount Vernon Ladies' Association: Where the Cherry Tree Grew
"I cannot tell a lie. "-Washington. Children have grown up listening to the story of George Washington cutting down the cherry tree to teach students lessons on honesty. Was this a true or false story? Read the following interview with...
Curated OER
Unesco: Iran: Bisotun
Bisotun is located along the ancient trade route linking the Iranian high plateau with Mesopotamia and features remains from the prehistoric times to the Median, Achaemenid, Sassanian, and Ilkhanid periods. The principal monument of this...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Mason Locke Weems
Mason Locke Weems (October 11, 1756 - May 23, 1825), generally known as Parson Weems, was an American printer and author. He is best known as the source of some of the apocryphal stories about George Washington, including the famous tale...